Manufacturers

Registration, Registration Fees and Tier Assignments

Registration

Both current and former manufacturers of computers, monitors and TVs whose products are sold in or into Oregon must submit a registration form and pay a registration fee to DEQ annually.

• Registration opens October 15
• Registration forms are due by December 31
• Invoices for registration fees are sent May 1
• Registration fees are due July 1

A manufacturer is required to register for the Oregon E-Cycles Program if it:

1. Manufactures or manufactured covered electronic devices under a brand that it owns or is licensed to use (unless the license is to manufacture CEDs for delivery exclusively to or at the order of the licenser);
2. Sells or sold CEDs manufactured by others under a brand that the seller owns;
3. Manufactures or manufactured CEDs without affixing a brand;
4. Manufactures or manufactured CEDs to which it affixes a brand that it does not own; or
5. Imports or imported CEDs (unless at the time CEDs were imported they were registered by another manufacturer.)

Acceptable forms of registration:

• Microsoft Office WORD document
• Adobe Acrobat PDF
• Online registration
  Electronics Recycling Coordination Clearinghouse

Completed WORD or PDF registration forms may be submitted via email (preferred) or mail to the address provided on the form. If submitting via email, DEQ will accept electronic signatures. Please contact Oregon E-Cycles staff at or 503-229-5830 with any questions or problems regarding the registration forms.

Registration Fees and Tier Assignments

Manufacturers must pay registration fees annually. This fee covers DEQ’s costs of administering Oregon E-Cycles. Please note that this fee is separate from any fees that may be assessed for the State Contractor Program or an independent program for the collection, transportation and recycling of computers, monitors and TVs.

Manufacturers are placed in one of seven tiers, depending on their market share from the previous calendar year. Each tier is assessed a certain fee, which ranges from $40 to $35,000. DEQ sends manufacturers an invoice for their registration fee after May 1; fees are due July 1.

The table below describes the current tiers. Current tier fees are based on the calendar year 2013 revenue need of $435,000. DEQ uses a process to distribute this revenue need among registered manufacturers based on their market share.

Tiers	Manufacturer's Market Share
1	5% or greater
2	1% to < 5%
3	0.1% to < 1%
4	0.03% to < 0.1%
5	0.01% to < 0.03%
6	50 units to < 0.01%
7	< 50 units

• 2013 Tier Assignments

Tier Reassignment Requests

DEQ makes preliminary tier assignments in March each year. If a manufacturer feels they have been placed in the wrong tier, they must request reassignment by mid April. A request for tier reassignment must be submitted in writing and include:

• a justification for a tier reassignment, and
• the number of units of computers, monitors and TVs sold in the previous calendar year nationally or in/into Oregon*.

DEQ may require additional information to evaluate the request. DEQ will notify the manufacturer of its final decision and all tier assignments are final in May each year.

All requests for reviews must be submitted via mail at: Oregon E-Cycles, Attn: Oregon E-Cycles Program Staff, 811 SW Sixth Avenue, Portland, OR 97204; or via email at .

*If you wish to claim trade secret or business records protection for any data submitted, you must specify the data for which the claim is made and explain how it constitutes a trade secret as defined in ORS 192.410-505. For more information, please see the Open Oregon Web site at www.open-oregon.com/New_Pages/192-410.shtml.